JUNIOR YEAR | 2013-14: Mountain West champion in the 800-meter run...qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships (West Preliminary) in the 1500-meter run...impacted the Academy record book in three events...clocked the sixth-fastest 800-meter time in Academy history (1:50.40, adjusted for altitude) to win the conference title at the MW Indoor Championships...became the first Falcon to claim MW titles in three different events at three consecutive meets...all-conference honoree...led off the distance medley that set an outdoor Academy record at the Penn Relays (9:40.12)...anchored the indoor DMR that posted the program's fifth-fastest time (9:43.39) at the Iowa State Classic...won the 1000-meter run (career-best 2:27.33) at the Holiday Inn Invitational...also participated in the mile (4:09.63, Iowa State Classic) and 3000-meter run (8:59.15a, MW Championships) once during indoor season...competed in the 1500-meter run during three outdoor meets, including the conference championships...clocked a season-best time of 3:44.43 to finish sixth at the Stanford Invitational...that was the fastest time on the team in 2014...ran the 800-meter run twice, posting a season-best time of 1:51.64 at the Baldy Castillo Invitational.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2012-13: NCAA runner-up in the 1500-meter run...All-American...set Academy record at that distance (3:41.46) during the national semifinal...two-time Mountain West champion (indoor mile, outdoor 1500-meter run)...two-time all-conference honoree...received the program's Most Outstanding Competitive Athlete Award...entered the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships ranked 20th among the 24 semifinalists...finished second with a time of 3:50.39...became the Academy's first-ever All-American in that event...placed third in quarterfinal of the 1500-meter run (3:45.05) at the West Preliminary to earn an automatic berth into the national meet...clocked a time of 3:44.38 to become the Academy's first Mountain West champion in that event...set a new MW Championship-Meet record with that time...it is also the third-best time in Air Force history and a new Sophomore Class Record...also competed in the 1500-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational (seventh, 3:45.54) and at the Stanford Invitational (sixth, 3:46.09)...participated in the 800-meter run on three occasions during the outdoor season...clocked the 10th-fastest time in Academy history (1:50.63) during the qualifying heat of the MW Championships...ran on the 4x800-meter relay team that clocked the second-fastest time in Academy history (7:35.07) at the Drake Relays...also competed on the distance medley relay that finished second (9:47.19) at that meet...won the mile at the MW Indoor Championships with a time of 4:08.23...bettered the field by two seconds at the conference meet...also won the mile at Nebraska's adidas Classic with a time of 4:09.54...clocked an altitude-adjusted mile time of 4:05.12 at the New Mexico Classic...that time is ranked seventh on the Academy's all-time list...it is also a new Sophomore Class Record...ran on the distance medley relay team that clocked the second-fastest time in Academy history (9:34.51) at the Alex Wilson Invitational...received "Standout" distinction from the team during six meets.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2011-12: All-conference selection in the 1500-meter run...placed third at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships in that even with a time of 3:48.53 (adjusted for altitude)...set the program's Freshman Class Record in that distance (3:48.09a) during winning performance at the Front Range Classic...that time was ranked second on the team...competed in the 800-meter run once, clocking a time of 1:57.21 at the Beach Invitational...ran on the 4x1600-meter relay that finished fifth at the Drake Relays (16:52.98)...also ran on the outdoor distance medley relay team that finished second at the Air Force Relays (10:31.02)...competed in the 800-meter run and mile once during the indoor season...clocked an 800-meter time of 1:58.53a at the Air Force Team Challenge...recorded a mile mark of 4:18.33a at the New Mexico Classic...earned top-10 finishes in both...ran the leadoff leg of the two-mile relay that won the Air Force Blue-Silver Open (8:09.65)...also ran the first leg of the distance medley relay that took fourth at the New Mexico Classic (9:54.82a).

HIGH SCHOOL: Alameda High School...earned the MVP award for the track team...also named Most Improved for cross country...member of the soccer team...served as team captain.

PERSONAL: Full first name is Zachary, but goes by Zach...nickname is "Snakebite"...son of Randy and Alyssa Perkins...father served in the Army and Coast Guard...has a twin brother, Charlie, who graduated from the Academy in 2014...also has one older brother, Randy, who is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy...majoring in management..."once retiring from the Air Force as a fighter pilot/doctor, I have plans to own a Build-A-Bear workshop and create a chocolate factory named after my brother"...named to the Athletic Director's List...served as Honor Officer...worked Basic Cadet Training over the summer, serving as Squadron Medical Officer (first session) and Confidence Course Cadre (second session)...attended the Academy's Prep School...hobbies include "the art of the spoken word, turtle herding, astrophysics, biochemistry and anything that has to do with having a 'Big Brain'"...named the track and field team's Most Outstanding Competitor in 2013...member of Cadet Squadron 06.